Hillsboro recorder. (Hillsboro, N.C.) 1887-18??, 1887-08-18
SOUTHERN BRIEFS.
CONDENSATION OF THE BUSY
HAPPENINGS OF A WEEK;


The ladies Of Stone Mountain, Ga, are
making strenuous efforts to have wine
rooms abolished 10 that place.
The Eagle flour mills on the corner Of
Vance and Tennessee streets, in Mem
phis, Tenn, were destroyed by fire. Loss,
$50, 600; insurance, $1,000.
The board Of directors Of the Decatur,
Ala, Land company formally ratified the
contract with the Louisville & Nashville
Railroad Company for the location Of
their consolidated car rshops at that place.
Mr.. Wilson, farmer on Peacatree
street road, six miles from Atlanta, Ga,
reports that he found nearly 200 snakes
in thick grove on his farm. They were
rattles, black, spotted and wood varieties.
Thomas Keeter, and who is employed
in the Nashville, Tenn, penitentiary as
guard, made an unsuccessful attempt
at suicide by laudanum, taking 10
drachms. He was discovered and saved.
He was drunk.
The new Pearce cotton factory has
been completed at Columbus, Ga, and
has begun operations. Sixteen looms are
in place, but it is intended to increase
the capacity to fifty looms. The new
Museogee factory is rapidly nearing COM
pletion.
Albert Herman Feese, young Ger.
man matchmaker employed in Harry
Merceps jewelry store, left Birmingham,
Ala, taking with him eight fine gold
watches belonging to his employer.
Feese was in the habit Of putting the
watches in the safe before closing the
store at night.
During heavy rain and thunder
storm, heavy bolt Of lightning struck
q tree in Messrs. Simeon and William N.
EdwaIds's pasture at Upshaw, Ga,
around which three fine milch COWS were
feeding. The tree was torn to pieces and
all three OF the cows killed, one Of them
struck by the bolt and the other two
were killed by the shock.
Bill Stratford, of Jernigan, Russell
county, Ala, cut his throat while in
church. A protracted meeting is in pro-
gress there and the preacher was calling
up mourners, when Mr.. Stratford pulled
out his knife and cut his throat. He is
a well-to- do farmer and religious excite
ment is supposed to have been the cause
| Of the rash act.
The Knights of Labor (colored) in
session at Mobile, Ala, devoted q day to
hearing charges of insubordination and
rebellion prepared by Grand Chief Men
tor Moses Dickinson against Sir Knights
]. W. Wheeler and G. L. Martin. The
chief mentor then made his annual ad-
dress, advocating the formation Of state
grand lodges Of the order.
Abe Bonner, colored fireman EN-
| ployed on the East Tennessee, Virginia
6 Georgia Railroad, was found on the
track at Macon badly bruised, and died
from bis wounds. The theory is that he
/ sat down on the track TO await the leav-
ing of No. 3O3, of which he was the
fireman, and fell asleep, and was killed
by passenger train, which, having no
headlight, failed TO discover him.
John Clay, the only remaining son Of
Henry Clay, died near Lexington, KY.
While giving instructions TO some work
men about pump, he fell dead, without
any prcmonition, of heart disease. Mr..
Clay was 81 years old. He had no chill
dren. He was married about 20 years
ago to his nephew's widow, Mrs. Col.
irwin. Col. Irwin was killed at the
battle OF Pcrryville while in command Of
d Confederate regiment. He was farm
er and became a Catholic twenty years
ago.
A passenger train on the East Tennes-
see, Virginia q Georgia Railroad col
lid d with switch engine half a mile
northwest Of Chattanooga, Tenn. w.
II. Burgess had his shoulder broken and
breast crushed in. Will Henderson had
q hip mashed, and Fireman w. II.
Brandon was so badly injured that he
will die. Engineer King was struck in
the stomach by the lever while trying to
reverse his engine and was seriously hart.
Many passengers were slightly bruised,
but none Others were dangerously hurt.
Three workmen, in the employ Of the
Southern Granite Company, at Li.honia,
Ca, were engaged in swabbing out the
holes for q second blast, the ledge settled
and the dynamite cartridges were ex-
ploded by the friction. At the time Of
the explosion, heavy drill, eleven feet
long, and weighing 40 pounds, was lying
across the top Of the hole. This drill
was carried 800 feet in the air, striking
Holman Clark, colorcd, one Of the men
az work, and tearing his face completely
of. He died almost instantly. Tobe
Turner, also colored, had his right arm
broken In two places and was otherwise
seriously injured.
A remarkable occurrence IL reported
from jackson county, Ga, and the
neighbors Of Newtown district will ex-
ccpt no other explanation than that Of q
waterspout Dan MatheHs's mill Is
two.story frame structure, situated on q
small branch ten miles from Athens,
There is not enough water In the branch
to create freshct, and even the heavy
continuous rains Of last week did not
prevent Mathews's mill from grinding.
While other mills and dams were washed
away, there was not enough water at
Mathews's mill TO down the wheel.
After rain OF three hours, the mill was
demolished, its foundations had been
scattered, and Its huge millstone had
been washed three hundred yards down
the branch. The dam had been broken,